Germany
HTGF exits YOOCHOOSE
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has sold online reviews company YOOCHOOSE to Norwegian open source web content management firm eZ Systems.
Leonardo Venture sells SmartMembranes
Leonardo Venture has sold its 16.66% stake in industrial supplier SmartMembranes to the management after less than a year of investment.
Macquarie appoints Dennis Kaiser
Macquarie Funds Group has appointed Dennis Kaiser who joins the company from Allianz Private Equity Partners.
Barclays Private Equity buys UETIKON
Barclays Private Equity has acquired 100% of fine chemicals specialist CU UETIKON together with the management.
High-Tech Gründerfonds launches second fund
High-Tech Gründerfonds has launched its High-Tech Gründerfonds II fund, raising €288.5m.
unquote" Germany Report 2011
The latest unquote” Germany Report covers all the latest trends and issues affecting the German private equity and venture capital markets.
Forbion Capital Partners invests in Curetis
Forbion Capital Partners has led a series-A financing round worth €9.6m for biotechnology company Curetis.
Quadriga Capital acquires Lapp Insulators
Private equity house Quadriga Capital has bought Lapp Insulators from Andlinger & Company.
Mountain Cleantech raises €23m for second fund
Swiss venture capital firm Mountain Cleantech has announced a first close of its second fund on €23m.
Earlybird and Target Partners fund Crowdpark
Earlybird and Target Partners have invested $6m in social betting games provider crowdpark.
Blackstone acquires Leica
Blackstone Group has acquired a 44% stake in German camera equipment producer Leica Camera.
Ergon acquires PharmaZell from Auctus and Lead
Ergon Capital Partners has acquired a 100% shareholding in German biotechnology company PharmaZell from Auctus Capital Partners and Lead Equities.
Münnix joins Target Partners team
Target Partners has appointed Michael Christopher Münnix as an associate.
Hawkpoint hires Joest as senior adviser
British investment bank Hawkpoint Partners has appointed former Odewald & Compagnie partner August von Joest as senior adviser.
Sun European carves out Kobusch-Sengenwald
Sun European Partners has acquired German packaging business Kobusch-Sengewald from its parent Pregis.
Chequers Capital acquires Cordenka
Chequers Capital has acquired Cordenka group from private equity house CVC, chemical producer Akzo Nobel and Acordis-Management.
DACH Congress: GPs upbeat despite economic challenges
In the current economic climate private equity funds in Germany can still look forward to good dealflow despite concerns over banking and regulation. Diana Petrowicz reports from unquote’s DACH Congress in Munich.
Deutsche unquote” October 2011
Fund-of-funds investor Pantheon has launched a global private equity co-investment programme together with German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK).
SHS el al. provide €7m cash boost for LipoFIT
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement, KfW banking group and venture capital fund Bayern Kapital have injected an extra €7m in technology firm LipoFIT Analytic.
HTGF et al invest in CorTec
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg and K & S W Invest have invested in CorTec.
German web sector set to take off
Despite general low entry valuations for start-up companies in Germany, valuations of web related businesses are expected to rise due to a significant number of successful entrepreneurs-turned investors as well as newly launched funds on the market.
Afinum takes minority stake in Vacufol
Private equity house Afinum has taken a minority stake in packaging provider Vacufol.
HTGF invests in Microstim
HTGF, Technologiefonds MV and Fides Finanz-Invest have invested €1.5m in medical technology company Microstim.
Ex-Alpha Group partners launch spin-off
Former Alpha Group partners Thomas Schlytter-Henrichsen and Harald Rönn have launched ACapital.